Authors

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences